Stevens was born in Wandsworth, London,[2] and played for Wimbledon before the Second World War and for Brentford and Sutton United in its early years, before joining Fulham as an amateur in 1941 and signing professional forms two years later. He represented England it seems in some wartime exhibition games. Nicknamed "Pablo", he played regularly after the war, and was a part of the side that won the Second Division championship in the 1948–49 season.[4] A skilful, pacy player, described by Fulham and England player George Cohen as "one of the most skillful players he ever came across, as good as Stanley Matthews",[5] Stevens was the third Fulham player to score 100 goals for the club, reaching a total of 124 from 413 games in all competitions, and remains (as of 2012) the club's highest scorer in the FA Cup.[6] After playing his last game in the 1958–59 season, he remained with the club as a coach, and acted as caretaker manager for five weeks from mid-December 1964 to Vic Buckingham's appointment in January 1965, when Stevens left the club.[4][7]
During the war he served in the artillery, including at the D-Day landings; he was a part of a group giving machine-gun support to the company led by Fulham's Major Jim Tompkins in the action in which Tompkins was killed.[4]
Referencesedit
^"Arthur Stevens". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^ ab"Arthur Stevens: Fulham: Biography". The Football Genome Project. Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
^"Fulham". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
^ abc"Arthur Stevens". Fulham F.C. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
^Allen, Richard (28 April 2009). "The 50 greatest Fulham players". Times Online. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
^. Fulham F.C. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
^"Buckingham Takes Over At Fulham". The Times. 22 January 1965. p. 5.
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arthur, stevens, english, footballer, arthur, stevens, january, 1921, january, 2007, english, footballer, scored, goals, from, games, football, league, playing, outside, right, fulham, arthur, stevenspersonal, informationfull, namearthur, harold, stevens, date. Arthur Stevens 13 January 1921 15 January 2007 was an English footballer who scored 110 goals from 386 games in the Football League playing as an outside right for Fulham 3 Arthur StevensPersonal informationFull nameArthur Harold Stevens 1 Date of birth 1921 01 13 13 January 1921 2 Place of birthWandsworth EnglandDate of death15 January 2007 2007 01 15 aged 86 Position s Outside rightSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls Wimbledon Brentford Sutton United1941 1959Fulham386 110 Managerial career1964 1965Fulham caretaker manager Club domestic league appearances and goals Stevens was born in Wandsworth London 2 and played for Wimbledon before the Second World War and for Brentford and Sutton United in its early years before joining Fulham as an amateur in 1941 and signing professional forms two years later He represented England it seems in some wartime exhibition games Nicknamed Pablo he played regularly after the war and was a part of the side that won the Second Division championship in the 1948 49 season 4 A skilful pacy player described by Fulham and England player George Cohen as one of the most skillful players he ever came across as good as Stanley Matthews 5 Stevens was the third Fulham player to score 100 goals for the club reaching a total of 124 from 413 games in all competitions and remains as of 2012 the club s highest scorer in the FA Cup 6 After playing his last game in the 1958 59 season he remained with the club as a coach and acted as caretaker manager for five weeks from mid December 1964 to Vic Buckingham s appointment in January 1965 when Stevens left the club 4 7 During the war he served in the artillery including at the D Day landings he was a part of a group giving machine gun support to the company led by Fulham s Major Jim Tompkins in the action in which Tompkins was killed 4 References edit Arthur Stevens Barry Hugman s Footballers Retrieved 14 October 2015 a b Arthur Stevens Fulham Biography The Football Genome Project Association of Football Statisticians Retrieved 12 November 2013 Fulham UK A Z Transfers Neil Brown Archived from the original on 9 November 2009 Retrieved 23 November 2009 a b c Arthur Stevens Fulham F C Retrieved 12 November 2013 Allen Richard 28 April 2009 The 50 greatest Fulham players Times Online Retrieved 17 November 2009 The Peak Years Fulham F C Archived from the original on 1 May 2012 Retrieved 12 November 2013 Buckingham Takes Over At Fulham The Times 22 January 1965 p 5 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to association football in England about a midfielder born in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arthur Stevens English footballer amp oldid 1208574132, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
